The 404 Podcast 511: Where the more you ignore us, the closer we get
February 3rd, 2010 admin
King-size thanks to Props Guy Jim! (Click for larger image.) (Credit: Jim Sleeth) All the recent frenzy over the Apple iPad might be too much for the tech nerds of the world to handle. Tuesday, Josh Topolsky of Engadget reported on a disturbingly high volume of “ugly, pointless, and frankly threatening” comments on the Web site and took action by indefinitely closing all comments on the blog . We appreciate Josh’s wake-up call, although vocalizing one’s opinion through anonymous blog comments is just another extension of the Internet. We definitely empathize with the site’s moderators, however, who must be tearing their hair out trying to protect Engadget visitors from trolls, predators…
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